Newcastle May Let Milner Go – But At A Price

There is news on many sites today, that if Aston Villa do get the Â£18M they want from Liverpool, for Gareth Barry, they will go after Newcastle’s James Milner.

James Milner – still a target for Aston Villa

We don’t know if Aston Villa will get the Â£18M they want for Barry, but now that the player has said he wants to join Liverpool, that puts Villa in a weaker negotiating position.

They will know they will now need to sell, but of course will try to get the very highest amount from Liverpool, but we think this deal is almost a certainty to happen now.

Liverpool manager, Rafa Benitez, has already had a Â£15M bid for Barry rejected, and he is expected to increase that offer, so that it’s acceptable to Martin O’Neill.

Barry and Gerrard in central midfield should be just great for the Reds, as it has been for England, when the two have played together – they certainly seem to complement each other extremely well.

High on O’Neill’s wanted list is still England Under-21 international James Milner, who played for O’Neill for a full season at Villa from 2005-2006, and we think if O’Neill gives Newcastle an offer close to Â£9M, they’ll take it.

But whether Villa will offer that much is very questionable, although as Bobby Robson always said, every player has a price, and it looks like Milner’s price is Â£9M.

Liverpool are also after Milner, but we’re not sure if they are still interested, since they wanted a player exchange for James.

Newcastle seemed less than impressed with the players Liverpool offered to Newcastle for Milner.

But Newcastle’s official position is that Milner is not for sale, and Milner will no doubt be keen to know exactly where he fits into manager Kevin Keegan’s new plans for Newcastle.

Surprisingly, his agent is said to be wanting an improved contract for the Leeds-born player, but it’s hard to believe Newcastle will do that, since it was less than a year since his current deal was negotiated.

we were at least 5 players short of a decent squad last season players have been shipped out allready selling oba or millner doesn’t make any sense at all unless you have ready made replacements who are better than them ready to sign the dotted lign now and if players do want to leave it’s a sign they think the club is heading no where, but once again this is yet more speculation and as entertainers said this one will gain momentum

i dont think he is what we need so i would sell him at 8/10 mill would be great hopefully we can get another winger with the cash or put N Zogbia over at right so its like when Silva for Spain went to the right he can cut in on his left foot.

Itâ€™s often very pompous and annoying of other clubs when they value their players at high rates and low at ours. For example, Villa want 18M for Barry â€“ who would probably have been valued at 6M just over a year ago â€“ though I bet theyâ€™re not planning on paying 9M for Milner. Similarly, Arsenal are loathe to accept 25M for Adeboyor but â€œwonâ€™r pay 15M for Martinsâ€ (personally I donâ€™t think we should sell Martins even at that price, anyway). Okay, Adebeyor is a better striker but even so. And then there are a lot of other examples.

One player I think we should try for is SWP, and possibly Bullard. After a couple of experienced Prem players Iâ€™d be happy if we only sign players 18-21 like Evans and Derdiyok.

Lads no one has mentioned Chamakh in a few weeks why has everything gone quiet on him am not reely bothered about him like its just a couple of weeks ago someone said he would be revealed the mora mabey with some others???? Tell me if i’ve missed something please…

No to Evans – another trouble maker, was sent out on loan by Man Utd because he raped some girl at the Christmas do. Police couldn’t press charges further because the evidence had been messed with (whatever that means).

Milner can go at any price. Publicily stated he’d rather play for Liverpool than us. So see ya Milner.

Milner has been jacked around by the club more than any player currently on the team. If they get 9 mil for him, which I doubt, fine. But who are they going to bring in? Some 20 year old bargain with potential? Great, just super.

The new board is in limbo right now concerning the transfer market. The inexperience is showing. How about a bit more focus on putting proven quality on the pitch, and a little less on good business.

i was just told that the reason that wise and jimenez are in dubia is to talk to PABLO AIMAR AND HIS AGENT about transfer to NUFC

although the guy that told me does wind me up sometimes, he did tell me about spear 2 days b4 all the websites reported it and last year told me about enrique b4 any of us knew it off the villareal website so he might be telling the truth this time, i hope he is aimar woud be a quality signing.

Just where does Milner fit in to the side ? Is he a winger ? No! Cant cross, not a lot of pace. Defensive midfielder ? no! Playmaker, dont think so ! Look he`s not a bad player, but where do you put him, sort of like Smith only better. I think if the club can get Â£8+ , go for it and buy a real winger, maybe SWP, but not Lennon please!

Well that’s better then the Daily Mail’s interpretation of Jimenez’ Dubai trip. They believe he’s there to try and sell the club (or at least part of it) to potential investors on the basis ‘there aren’t any good players in the United Arab Emirates’. That’s despite the fact many footballers often go to Dubai at some point, either on holiday, training camps or to be conned by a fake Sheikh.

Now I wonder if Barton’s contract actually has a clause in it in regards this verdict. We’ll find out soon enough but I doubt it.

I do like the way the club is run now, though the painful slowness of everything should hopefully be relieved soon. There are only so many articles you can read on Geremi praising KKâ€™s appointment, Beye being a star buy etc. I think we definitely should solidify the togetherness and feel-goodness of those 7 or 8 games late in the season last year but we all want to see more added to those foundations now. Barton is in his 2nd court case, so we should know one way or another whether weâ€™ll sack or keep him, then we should also hear about renewed contracts for Taylor, Owen et al. And itâ€™s the first day of Christmas tomorrow isnâ€™t it?!!

Milner, he`s a decent player, problem is where does he fit in to the side? He is no winger, or for that matter either a defensive midfielder or playmaker,certainly better than Smith, but somewhat similar. Maybe as a super sub a`laJohn O`Shea. But realisticly if an offer of Â£8+ comes in,grab it and buy a real winger, SWP perhaps, but certainly not Lennon, Please !

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